Thursday, November 14, 2013

Sorry for the delay between writeups Mangofrooters but I've been a bit busy with the day job...

So for this year's Australian Art Show in Sydney I went all out and got some wallpaper put up by him indoors

He did it with minimum fuss and swearing even though I had a major 'freak' moment of thinking I left a suitcase with everything I needed for the show, outside our house - soon to be no more. I found it in the car later.

But this year I won an award for the best small stand at the show.
And the very wonderful Vin Van Lam of Artshine fame produced this video of us talking about my work and the new products - including the new, REMOVABLE wall paper!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Yay!
I am so exited to be at this market in a couple of weeks time!
There is a fab lineup of makers and I will be offering printed canvases, placemat and coaster sets, cards, scarves and trays: the trays and printed canvases are not available through my etsy store so if you want one - please come and pay us a visit!

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Forgive the irregular posts. For the last couple of weeks I have been working on my largest commission to date for clients in the UK.

This one was to incorporate English cottage/woodland flowers, pet cats, a pet parrot, a peacock, some blue and white ceramics, mauve rhododendrons and various other bits and pieces that have some meaning in the couple's lives.

Here is a picture diary of progress to date following a rough sketch for approval in June:

Saturday, June 29, 2013

I have to keep working at the mojo. One of the ways I do this is to work on little sketches of my own imagination, without having something in front of me.

I tend to draw on favourite illustrations, designers and childhood books at times like these.I am currently liking Marimekko and a host of beautiful work on Spoonflower but have also drawn inspiration from Tove Jansson's books about Moomintrolls and summers in the northern hemisphere.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Yesterday I posted an A4 print of my gumleaves image to someone in NSW as the prize for a competition.

The competition ran on the 'homely one' blog in May 2013. Thanks to
the power of the interweb, my art is being seen by people all over. Amanda first bought a print from my etsy store a while back. She liked it so much she decided to purchase another one as a prize.